The history of Hinduism in Madagascar began with the arrival of primarily Gujarati from the Saurashtra region of India as far back as 1900, at which time Madagascar was a French colony known as Malagache. These were predominantly Muslim (Khojas, Ismailis and Daoudi Bohras), but a small number were Hindus.

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Madagascar has experienced steady population growth throughout the twentieth
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Kolarian Tribes of Central India As stated above, Kolarians are found in Madagascar and Malay and in India they are found only in Central India and
Chhota Nagpur. There is no trace of Munda language in larger part of Peninsular
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Hinduism is world's second largest religion with more than 800 million followers. Here is an accessible introduction by two Indian non Hindu authors. They have been studying Hinduism for decades and have lectured in numerous educational institutions about this subject. The revised and expanded edition 12th edition is a simple but accurate intr...

Taken together, the histories of Madagascar, Senegambia, and southern India
suggest the complex cultural ''roots'' of ... become naturalized locally (such as
Islam, and possibly Hinduism in Madagascar) and some which retained the label
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The island of Mauritius lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 550 miles east of Madagascar. Uninhabited until the arrival of colonists in the late sixteenth century, Mauritius was subsequently populated by many different peoples as successive waves of colonizers and slaves arrived at its shores. The French ruled the island from the early ei...

being an account of the religion and life of the Hindus in northern India William
Joseph Wilkins. INTRODUCTORY STUDIES IN ... S. P. Oliver, F.S.A., F.R.G.S.,
late R.A., Author of "Madagascar and the Malagasy," &c. With a Chapter by F. W.
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burning udi. Among those Hindus who follow the Arab tradition of denudation, all
body hair is removed – often by waxing. The latter involves removal of the pubic
hair as well, as this interferes with the potentially sweet smell of the pubic flesh.

While her book may not live up to its title, Belliveau, a former copy and financial editor at the Baltimore Sun and a graphics editor at the Washington Post, has put together some entertaining vignettes about her travels to 12 extremely exotic and exciting destinations: Madagascar, China, Borneo, Kenya and Tanzania, Japan, Polynesia, Thailand, Gree...

The contributors to Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World examine clothing that is symbolic of the people who live in regions all over the world, providing a historical and geographic perspective that illustrates how people dress and explains the reasons behind the material, design, and style. The encyclopedia featur...

On October 2, two Europeans suspected of human organ trafficking were burned alive by the residents on the island of Nosy Be. Nosy Be is an island off the tip of mainland Madagascar and is a major attraction for Israeli and European tourists for its turquoise waters and white-sand beaches. Last year, over 255,000 tourists came…

Rabbi Sid Schwarz, left, speaks with Anuttama Dasa at Adat Shalom’s Jewish-Hindu evening | Photo by Adat Shalom
“Lead us from the unreal to the Real; Lead us from darkness to Light; Lead us from death to Immortality,” the audience repeated after the speaker. Though they were there to memorialize the Holocaust, their words did not come from the Torah, nor are they found in Christian Bible or the Quran.